It had been nearly an hour since he leaped through the air and threw down a massive, college-ready tomahawk slam dunk that finished off a 16-0 Martinsburg run and, for all intents and purposes, Elkins, in the Class AAA Region II final.

“Man, that makes me feel like a superstar,” he gasped, still grasping the game ball that he had received after scoring his 1,000th career point earlier in the evening.

He was talking about the postgame celebration – the pictures he posed for, the handshakes he received, the autographs he signed.

Welcome to big-time athletics, young man.

If ever there was a humble superstar, it would be Grantham.

More than talk about his own accomplishment, he talked about that of his sister, Iesha Robinson, who also scored 1,000 points in her career at Martinsburg.

“I think when she did it, it was at Charleston (at the state tournament) and I wasn’t there,” Grantham said. “I remember when she came back, she had the basketball. I just kept looking at it, thinking, ‘I’d like to do that some day.’ That kinda kept me driving toward that goal. I wanted to do that.

“Now I have my own basketball.”

Chances are Grantham would not have a hard time finding a basketball.

Humbleness, he said, is just his way.

So despite the attention from the fans, despite the fact that he is considered one of, if not the, top player in the state, and despite the fact that colleges are lined up down Queen Street for an audience with the king of Martinsburg basketball, he remains plain old Buddha.

About those offers, there are a few.

James Madison, Virginia Military, Radford, they are solid.

They get bigger.

Clemson was so impressed that it offered Grantham after Thursday night’s game. It was the first time the Tigers had seen Grantham play.

Then there is the whole West Virginia situation. Despite reports that he has been offered by the Mountaineers, Grantham said it is not the case. At least not yet.

With the changes that are likely to take place in Morgantown after this season, I wouldn’t be surprised if something comes along at some point. At least that’s my feeling.

Everyone knows that the likes of Villanova and Georgetown are also on the radar.

That is the way it is when you are 6-foot-7, average 18.6 points and 8.7 rebounds, have 50 steals, 40 assists and 41 blocked shots. He can play inside or out (he does have 32 3s (36.3 percent) .

In any case, there is no hurry. Grantham, will likely wait until well into the AAU season in May before making a decision.

Or he could do it by the nd of the month.

“I’m not going to rush it. I’m just going to take my time before I make a decision,” he said.

Right now he is focused in on winning a state title.

Martinsburg heads to Charleston, again the No. 1 seed.

“We’re in the same place we were a year ago, the No. 1 team heading into Charleston,” Grantham said. “I feel like this team is more focused than last year’s team. This team is more hungry. For a lot of us, this is the last chance we will get, being seniors. This team wants to make up for last year.”